Government denounces Tsiriari massacre to the United Nations
On September 20, 1993, the Peruvian government formally denounced to the UN the massacre perpetrated by the Shining Path in the Tsiriari valley on August 18 of that year. The Peruvian Congress requested an investigation to identify those responsible.
On September 20, 1993, the Peruvian government denounced to the UN the massacre committed by the PCP-SL in the Tsiriari valley. This denunciation was made two days after the news of the massacre, which occurred on August 18, 1993, was disseminated by several media outlets. The Congress of the Republic also called for an investigation and the identification of the perpetrators of the bloody events. The massacre had occurred when three Shining Path columns, each composed of approximately 70 settlers and natives, entered eight communities in the Tsiriari valley (six settlers and two Asháninka), resulting in multiple victims.